Back to Basics with an Easy White Loaf

There are so many recipes you could choose from to make your first loaf of bread. Make a great one and you will be hooked for life, but make a bad one and it can just as easily put you off completely. When I told my youngest daughter, who is seven, that I was photographing a step by step guide she immediately offered to be my assistant, pointing out that although she had helped me make bread, she had never yet made one all by herself. She couldn't stop smiling, and I thought she would burst with pride when she took it out of the oven!

That feeling of making your own bread never changes.

My top tips are to weigh your ingredients carefully, and to use a digital thermometer to get the waters temperature correct.

We have a super bread making kit for beginners, with everything you need to make your first loaf.